Celebrate Will Petersen, Artist, Poet, Printer & Teacher

Sunday, July 1, 2012 - Friday, August 31, 2012
Call for timesPlease join Lakeside WEST as we celebrate the genius of Will Petersen, artist, poet, printer, and teacher.  23 contemporary artists gather to pay homage and show their artistic spirit is alive and grateful to have known such a unique and driving

We here at Lakeside are bowled over by the opportunity to present the TRIBUTE as Will was the primary Master Printer at the Lakeside Studio several years, before jumping out to start the Plucked Chicken Press in Chicago. Now, about the TRIBUTE PORTFOLIO. Cynthia Archer has teamed with fellow printmaker Bill Roseberry to enlist the artistic endeavors of past compatriots of Will's in an effort that at times brings back memories of  printmaking schooldays at the University of West Virginia where Will taught...or reminisces with Will's contemporary collaborators, artists like Richard Hunt, Jim McCormick and Tom Nakashima. Again, Will knew and worked with so many artists and poets the list is too long for one page to relate all the stories generated by his legend. What does need mentioning here is the format used in creating the TRIBUTE PORTFOLIO. Using modern day technology which might make Will glaringly smile, the technique used i